Mower-guard



Nu. 622,535. Patented Apr. 4, I899. J. C. PROUT, In.

MOWER GUARD.

(Application filed Apr. 12, 1898.)

(No Model.)

ATTORNEYS.

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llnurnn STATES PATENT JOHN o. PROUT, JR, or OGDEN, UTAH.

MOWER-"GUARD.

SPECKFTCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 622,535, dated April 4, 1899.

' Application filed April 12, 1 8 9 8.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it knownthat 1, JOHN C. PROUT, Jr., of Ogden, in the county of \Veber and State of Utah, have invented a new and Improved MowenGuard, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a cap for mower-guards which may be used to restore to its original shape any guard that may be broken, the cap being so constructed that it maybe expeditiously and conveniently sprung upon the guard and carried thereby without in the slightest degree interfering with the action of the cutter-bar; and a further object of the invention is to so construct the caps for the finger-guards that a number of them may be carried in the tool-box, so that in the event of anaccident to any one of the mower-guards the caps will always be at hand and may be quickly slipped thereon, thus adding to the efficiency of the mowing- I machine.

The invention consists. in the novel construction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indi cate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the mower-guard and a cap applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the mower-guards and cap in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective View of the cap; and Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a mower-guard, illustrating by broken lines the usual point of fracture.

A represents a guard of a mowing-machine,

and 13 the cap, which is adapted to carry out the original shape of the guard should the latter become broken. The cap B is preferably made of sheet metal or other material equally durable and of equal elasticity. The cap consists of a body portion 10, which is shaped to conform to the finger portion of the mower-guard, being consequently more orless tapering, terminating at its outer end in a point. At the bottom the body portion of the mower-guard is provided with an opening 11, which is likewise tapering, being widest at the rear, and at the top rear portion of the body of the mower-guard a vertical shoulder Serial No 677,276. (No model.)

2 is transversely formed, and the material forming the body after having been bent to produce the shoulder 12 is carried rearward in a horizontal plane, forming virtually a table 13. The entire cap is preferably made from a single piece of material, and in the construction of the cap ears 14, are usually bent over upon the shoulder 12, one at each side of its ends, and theseears serve to reinforce the said shoulder. Preferably the rear end of the body of the cap below the table 13 is carried vertically downward for a short distance and is then given an inclination in a rearward direction, as is particularly shown in Fig. 2.

Mower-guards are most frequently broken at the guard-section 15, as shown in Fig. 4,

which is slipped over the finger of the guard,

as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the shoulder 12 of the cap is brought in engagement with the shoulder 16 of the mutilated guard, Whereupon the table 13 will occupy the position formerly occupied by the broken guard-section 15. By this means a broken mower-guard.

may be repaired quickly, economically, and conveniently While the mower is on the field, the restored mower-guard being in every re spect as efficient as before the breakage.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. Acap for a guard-finger, consisting of a body portion conforming substantially to the shape of the guard-finger, and a table pro jected rearward from the body portion, sub stantially as specified. I

2. A cap for mower-guards, consisting of a tapering spring-body, and a table projected from the rear of. the said body, as specified.

3. A cap for mower-guards, consisting of a body portion constructed of a spring material, which body portion is tapered longitudinally and is provided with a longitudinal opening at the bottom, the upper rear portion of the body being formed with a vertical shoulder and a table which extends rearwardly from the said shoulder, as and for the purpose specified.

' 4:. cap for mower-guards consisting ofia shoulder being integral portions of the said tapering body of a spring material, open at body, as specified;

the back and havin a lon itudinal openin at the bottom, the u pper rein poriaion of uh: JOHN PROUT 5 body being provided with a downwardly-ex- Witnesses:

tending shoulder and a horizontal projection GEORGE A. LOWE,

from the said shoulder, the projection and G. M. FORBES. 

